Cheer Quote by Kenneth Oppel

“a masterly performance. Fulsome and vapid, laden with insincere warmth and hidden barbs, his introductory speech had nevertheless left no legitimate grounds for complaint.”

— Michael Dibdin

There is no applause that so flatters a man as that which he wrings from unwilling throats.

— Ouida

It was said of him that he did not say much, but that when he did everyone stopped to listen.

— Benjamin Franklin

Diminished circumstances had no effect on his sense of what was honorable: after The Spectator sent him a check for a piece it had…

— Louis Menand

When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing…

— George Henry Lewes

“The crowd had stared at him and given up angrily, finding no satisfaction. He did not look crushed and he did not look defiant.…

— Ayn Rand

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Nevertheless, no other speech proved “so effective, none so full of character and none which found so responsive an audience. It carried everything before…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.

— Robert Peel

Acceptance speeches can make or break presidential candidacies. It was Al Gore's 2000 acceptance speech that relaunched his candidacy and nearly saved him. John…

— Chuck Todd

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Madison lived in his head and public speaking did not come naturally to him.

— Richard Brookhiser